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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is not a situation unique to Amazon - it's ALL the eInk readers that are in short supply. Kindle, CyBook, Sony, iLiad, Hanlin - they're all in the same boat. PVI supply the screens for them all.
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Now, yes, but the Kindle has been in short supply since it debuted last year. Either all the other companies were working off of a large production back stock supply (doubtful, because that'd mean stock in the warehouse, costing them time-value money and these are not deep-pocket companies, with the exception of Sony), or the Amazon line has been running behind from about Day One of launch.
EDIT: and the Amazon line started moving again, BTW - shipping notices are out for customers with order dates of 2/24-25. And apparently all it takes for the Kindle to be knocked off Amazon's main page is money - the lead item on the main page this morning was the Vista SP1. Wonder how much that cost Microsoft?